Bruno Miguel Borges Fernandes (born 8 September 1994) is a Portuguese footballer who plays for Primeira Liga club Sporting CP and the Portugal national team as a midfielder. Fernandes started his career at Serie B side Novara Calcio and soon featured for Udinese and Sampdoria in Serie A.
In 2017, he signed with Sporting CP where he established himself as one of the best players in the Primeira Liga. He was named the LPFP Primeira Liga Player of the Year in both 2017–18 and 2018–19. In the latter season, he also helped Sporting win the Taça de Portugal. A senior international since 2017, Fernandes represented Portugal at the 2016 Summer Olympics and 2018 FIFA World Cup.
Paul Pogba has cost Manchester United a pretty penny this season despite barely featuring. The France international was crocked early in the year and has never fully recovered.
A recurrent ankle injury kept the World Cup winner from strutting his stuff on the pitch and United have suffered as a result.
Without his skills in midfield, Ole Gunnar Solskjaer has had to turn to other options and not always successfully. The arrival of Bruno Fernandes has alleviated most of the pressure but it has not stopped the club from forking out thousands in wages to Pogba.
Bearing in mind the first game of the season came in August, United have had to pay him a whopping £8,700,000. The Frenchman has played just 610 minutes of action across all
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